Hadid Tower

Project
Summary

HADID Tower is within the CityLife masterplan that has redeveloped Milan’s abandoned trade fair grounds following the fair’s relocation to Rho Pero in 2005. Aligned at ground level with three of the city’s primary axes that converge within CityLife, the 177m (44-storey) HADID Tower connects with its surrounding public piazza and park; the curvilinear geometries of its podium defined by the perceived centripetal forces generated from the staggered intersection of these three city axes at the tower’s base. This vortex of centripetal forces at ground level is transferred vertically through the tower by realigning successive rhomboid-shaped floor plates to twist the tower about its vertical axis. Its double-façade of sun-deflecting louvers flanked by glazing provides extremely efficient environmental control for each floor and ensures excellent energy performance, contributing to Generali Tower’s LEED Platinum certification by the US Green Building Council.

Scope

• Double skin unitized curtain wall
• Single skin unitized curtain wall
• Aluminum soffit
• Aluminum floor plate
• Fire rated curtain wall
• Glazed skylight
• Aluminum opaque ‘skylight’
• Steel frame stick curtain wall

Key
Facts

• Total surface 42.000㎡
• 600 Containers from China
• 170m tall